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Girl stabbed in the back at bus stop

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Girl stabbed in the back at bus stop

A manhunt is underway in eastern Sweden after a 16-year-old girl was stabbed in the back at a bus stop in the town of Upplands Väsby, 26 kilometres north of Stockholm, on Monday afternoon.

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The girl remained conscious and has been taken to Karolinska University Hospital where she is being treated for serious injuries.

"According to the information I have received, and this isn't absolutely certain, the girl is 16 years old," said police spokeswoman Mona Johansson.

Police said they are searching for a perpetrator thought to be the same age as his victim.

"We have put out a lot of units, we have criminal investigators interrogating people, and we have put up a helicopter," said Johansson.

Police have launched a preliminary investigation and are classifying the attack as attempted murder.

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